[EricH]

Originally Posted by Littleboy

5) Hasn't this been tried before with limited success?

Yes and no. The Draft Runner Assistant was VERY good at running drafts--but only at keeping picks and lists straight! It had to have someone run it, but it could cut the amount of time to run a bunch of picks pretty significantly--say, two rounds in a matter of seconds (including posting time, about a minute). I'm working on a new version, but I'm running into some trouble with Excel (and free time since 1/4/14). Nobody's ever been able to get auto-running in place. This would be in conjunction with a website (again, something nobody's gotten working yet).


The other trick on extended drafts is multi-day drafts. Instead of all rounds on one night, spread over 2 nights, with slightly longer times per pick. It's been done before.


My thought with #5 would be to break it up by weeks, or event groups within the district, but it's still in concept--rounds would be a decent start.